Bob Ferguson

Angella Chaw

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Happy Vs Flourishing episode 16 with Bob Ferguson and we explore the world of public speaking and communication, especially Toastmasters International. Bob has been a member of Toastmasters for over 25 years and has represented the UK twice in the Toastmasters world championship speaking contest. As a professional speaker e is also a member of the PSA, the Professional Speaking Association and in this episode we discuss the differences between Toastmasters and The PSA, the value members receive from each organisation and some tips for finding the right club. Topics discussed: <ul> <li>Confidence</li> <li>Impromptu speaking</li> <li>Presentations</li> <li>Professional speaking</li> <li>Competition speaking</li> <li>Mentorship</li> <li>Evaluating</li> <li>How to find your nearest Toastmasters club</li> </ul> During the early part of Bob’s Aerospace career, he realised that the standard of presentation in engineering was very poor. But he was not going to do anything about it as he detested speaking in public and would do almost anything to avoid it. Then in 1995 a happen chance visit to a Toastmasters International Club changed his life and started a 25-year journey that continues to this day. It started with him overcoming his fear of public speaking which was his only real target. After that though a whole world of possibilities opened up. He started to enter the twice-yearly competitions and by 2002 had won the UK & Ireland International Speech contest that took him to America to compete in the semi-finals of the World Public Speaking Championship; an event that was in equal measure exciting and a learning experience. It taught him the necessity of having processes in place to deal with writing high-quality speeches. He continued to focus on improving his crafting techniques and won the UK & Ireland evaluation contest in 2005. This is a competition to provide struc

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